ANKARA (AA) – A woman wearing a headscarf was assaulted in Berlin, with her head covering torn off, local media reported on Saturday. A 37-year-old attacker is said to have torn off the headscarf of the victim, 39, and hit her head and upper body, said the daily Der Tagesspiegel. According to the daily, another […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Low fertility rate and high life expectancy is leading to an ageing population in Iran, which could lead to grave economic crises, experts say. Tehran-based social scientist Mostafa Shahriari told Anadolu Agency that there is a danger of a shortage of workforce due to low fertility rates and ageing population. While [&helli...
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – Kazakhstan has announced that 14-day visa-free travel has been granted for citizens of Iran, China and India. The unilateral 14-day visa-free travel took effect for personal, business and tourist purposes as of July 8, according to a statement by the country’s customs authority. However, visa-free stays cann...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Army and paramilitary troops were called in to join the relief and rescue operations after fresh rain spells and flash floods inundated most parts of Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi on Monday. Another five people lost their lives in rain-related accidents in Karachi, home to 20 million people, as widespread...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) no longer has any Muslim legislator in the parliament as the tenure of its last Muslim legislator- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi- who also served as the country’s Minority Affairs Ministry, ended on Thursday. Naqvi, 64, who was a member of the Rajya Sabha or [&hel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has said that Israel has signed arms deals worth more than $3 billion with countries in the region since the signing of the ‘Abraham Accords’ for the normalization of ties in 2020 with Arab countries. Gantz said Israeli Defense Ministry personnel held about 150 meetings with ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Indonesia and Thailand this week, the State Department has said. Blinken will travel Wednesday to Bali to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting, where spokesman Ned Price said he will reinforce the US’ commitment to working with international partners to confront g...
PARIS (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on the 60th anniversary of Algeria’s independence from France, marked on Tuesday, that he wants to strengthen relations with the former colony. “The 60th anniversary of Algeria’s independence is an opportunity for the President of the Republic to send a letter to Presid...
Algiers, Algeria – (AFP) Algeria marks 60 years of independence from France on Tuesday with a huge military parade, but memories of violence during the colonial period continue to overshadow ties between the two. The North African country won its independence following a gruelling eight-year war, which ended with the signing in March 196...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt’s national dialogue called by military ruler Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi started in the capital Cairo on Tuesday. The dialogue is attended by all political groups in the country, except the Muslim Brotherhood movement, blacklisted by the authorities since 2013. The first session of the dialogue discussed priorities of national w...
